Aporosa acuminata

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The aril, or fleshy layer around the seeds, is eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the understorey in evergreen forests up to 900 m above sea level.

Asia, India, Sri Lanka,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A tree. It grows 5 m tall. The small branches are slender. The leaves are simple and alternate or in spirals. The leaves are 5-11 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. Male and female flowers are separate on the same plant. Male flowers are in 1.5 cm long spikes. The flowers are densely packed. The fruit is a capsule. It is round and red. There is one seed.

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Aporosa acuminata is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is endemic to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. It is an understory tree with 5m tall. Flowers are unisexual and dioecious, where male flowers are green to white in color. Reddish capsular fruits are one-seeded.